Paid in Full

Rating:
Summary: Drugs, gangs, family: this movie definitely paid in full.
Review: When I first check the summary on the back cover of this DVD casing, I'd figured, "Aw, man. Not another movie about drug dealers at the projects", but after watching PAID IN FULL, there was more to this movie than from my previous expectation. This movie was based on a true story, and it was depicit on that true nature pretty well. It was about a typical brotha' narratin' his life as a low-down homeboy named Ace working at a low-down dry-cleaner shop in the mid-80s, and later he decides to walk down the road of "drug-dealership"; coincidentely, he follows the road the way Al Pacino does in SCARFACE. He starts his "business" cheap for the "consumers", hire peeps to control marketing order in the streets, so "everybody can eat" and Ace can bring love and respect for the people on the streets and his family and friends, while at the same, keeping his business discreet from 'the man'. Sadly, as good as how he keep everything organized for the good of his fellowship, he hasn't a clue to the hardship and sacrifices he's going to face as he walks down this easy road.

As recyclable and semi-predictable this movie can be, PAID IN FULL is deep, and it does wonders on showing the experience on a drug dealer's life. For a company that makes Jay-Z LPs, Roc-a-fella did a good job making this movie, and for brining a good selection of cast, not to mentions collaboratin' few of the rappers like Cam-ron and Doug E. Fresh. Wood Harris did good with his narration and portrayin' Ace, but I got to give it up to Mekhi Phifer. He show a lot of passion with his role showing how much he supports his friends and his younger brother hoping his bro' would be a better person in the future, and for that, I'd say his acting was very good. It's not wonderful, but he did a pretty strong performance. The music score is good as well, but strangely, in one certain scene, the movie's playing a Phil Collins's song in the background. Why did they even put that song in a movie like this, I'm not so sure.

I would've wanted more from this movie after watching it, but the extras in this DVD are lacking, since it only has a commentary and trailers for other films. To 'da point, PAID IN FULL isn't gonna put a gunshot through my chest and into my heart(in a positive remark), it isn't provoking enough to see this different than any other films of the same theme, but with its above-par actors and true-to-life nature of 80s uptown, this movie has paid in full and served me well to enjoy it.

Rating:
Summary: Drugs, gangs, family: this movie definitely paid in full.
Review: When I first check the summary on the back cover of this DVD casing, I'd figured, "Aw, man. Not another movie about drug dealers at the projects", but after watching PAID IN FULL, there was more to this movie than from my previous expectation. This movie was based on a true story, and it was depicit on that true nature pretty well. It was about a typical brotha' narratin' his life as a low-down homeboy named Ace working at a low-down dry-cleaner shop in the mid-80s, and later he decides to walk down the road of "drug-dealership"; coincidentely, he follows the road the way Al Pacino does in SCARFACE. He starts his "business" cheap for the "consumers", hire peeps to control marketing order in the streets, so "everybody can eat" and Ace can bring love and respect for the people on the streets and his family and friends, while at the same, keeping his business discreet from 'the man'. Sadly, as good as how he keep everything organized for the good of his fellowship, he hasn't a clue to the hardship and sacrifices he's going to face as he walks down this easy road.

As recyclable and semi-predictable this movie can be, PAID IN FULL is deep, and it does wonders on showing the experience on a drug dealer's life. For a company that makes Jay-Z LPs, Roc-a-fella did a good job making this movie, and for brining a good selection of cast, not to mentions collaboratin' few of the rappers like Cam-ron and Doug E. Fresh. Wood Harris did good with his narration and portrayin' Ace, but I got to give it up to Mekhi Phifer. He show a lot of passion with his role showing how much he supports his friends and his younger brother hoping his bro' would be a better person in the future, and for that, I'd say his acting was very good. It's not wonderful, but he did a pretty strong performance. The music score is good as well, but strangely, in one certain scene, the movie's playing a Phil Collins's song in the background. Why did they even put that song in a movie like this, I'm not so sure.

I would've wanted more from this movie after watching it, but the extras in this DVD are lacking, since it only has a commentary and trailers for other films. To 'da point, PAID IN FULL isn't gonna put a gunshot through my chest and into my heart(in a positive remark), it isn't provoking enough to see this different than any other films of the same theme, but with its above-par actors and true-to-life nature of 80s uptown, this movie has paid in full and served me well to enjoy it.